districting
2
6.2
- noun
- /ˈdɪstrɪktɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
distritación
- Requiring states to equalize the numbers of voters could have represented a radical departure from how districting was conducted throughout the country, but the Court rejected the claim that the Constitution demands that states equalize voter population.
- congressional districting
- districting scheme
- districting decision
Examples
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His district was eliminated in the Congressional districting ordered by a judge that became final yesterday.
Blog text (18) -
The districting process was crucial for ensuring fair representation in the upcoming elections.
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That meant that I already had published theorems that, I think, cast some light on the districting problem.
Academic text (2017) -
In our analysis of districting plans, we estimated the causal effect of redistricting.
Blog text (6) -
In both the French and German cases, these parties were able to accomplish in the European elections what national electoral laws and districting made difficult in national elections.
Academic text (1994) -
If the Republicans retain control, it is because of majority-minority districting and because of gerrymandering in states where the Republicans controlled the legislatures.
Blog text (4) -
In March 2016, a federal district court in Florida became the first to hold that a districting plan violated the Constitution by using unadjusted census data to count prisoners at their places of incarceration.
Academic text (2017) -
In March, a federal district judge in Florida ruled in Calvin v. Jefferson County Board of Commissioners that a districting scheme for county commissioners in a small rural county violated the Equal Protection Clause's one-person, one-vote principle by including inmates of a local state prison in its counts.
Academic text (2017) -
Community leaders are discussing new districting plans to better serve local populations.
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The recent districting changes have sparked debate over their impact on voter turnout.
Synonyms
3
9.1
Giving government seats to places after a population count to match the number of people
1
8.9
The act of dividing land or other areas into smaller parts
1
7.5
Dividing and giving things among people or groups by a plan
A process of dividing something into separate parts to make it easier to manage
The process of dividing land into lots for building or sale
How Extensive
- Specialized
2
6.2
- Formal
1
6.0
8
3.5
1
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word districting comes from district, which originally meant an area with lines that were 'drawn apart'. The prefix dis- means 'apart' and the root like string means 'to pull' or 'draw', so districting is the act of making lines to divide a place into districts.